D2
\de.dø\
The verdict
“D2” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,119) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,119
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième division.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d2 · D2 · French
D2 · rank #15,119 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,119
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH créole
Nearest frequency peer: créole (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “D2”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- crevettes
crevettes
84,885 corpus weight
- crues
crues
84,884 corpus weight
- créole
créole
84,883 corpus weight
- D2
D2
84,882 corpus weight
- dawn
dawn
84,880 corpus weight
- dessinées
dessinées
84,879 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “D2” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | D2 |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.dø\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #15,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “D2” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for D2 is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "du", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \de.dø\. Frequency #15,119 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Deuxième division.".
D2 has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "du", "dr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is D2, spelled D-2.
Definition
- 1Deuxième division.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how D2 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je sais que c’est un équilibre, réagit Soraya Belkadi, entraîneure de Montauban [D2], mais il devrait y avoir un geste plus important.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.